You guys were right -- thanks!

I am now sitting on the first $75.00 check that my (formerly useless) English degree has ever
(directly) generated!

Jay, you just don't realize how useful your liberal education has been
to you. If it was a *good* liberal education, it taught you to think,
a skill that is useful to anyone, even a pilot.

vince norris.

Jay, you just don't realize how useful your liberal education has been
to you. If it was a *good* liberal education, it taught you to think,
a skill that is useful to anyone, even a pilot.

I know, Vince. I may be the last man in America that actually WANTS my
children to receive a liberal arts education. (Of course, Mary would have a
bird about this. Her B.S. degree has always paid off directly, while mine
has always been completely indirect.)

I'm firmly convinced that a liberal arts degree teaches one to tactically
and strategically think. This is truly far more useful in the "real" world
than the straight-line logic of the sciences -- although I admire them, too.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:23:20 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

I'm firmly convinced that a liberal arts degree teaches one to tactically
and strategically think.

And to create willly-nilly, double-barreled split infinitives without
experiencing an iota of regret for outdated Latin paradigms.

Don

And to create willly-nilly, double-barreled split infinitives without
experiencing an iota of regret for outdated Latin paradigms.

Dang it, Don, I don't know what the HELL you're talking about -- but it sure
*sounds* great!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 04:59:37 GMT, Jay Honeck wrote:
And to create willly-nilly, double-barreled split infinitives without
experiencing an iota of regret for outdated Latin paradigms.

Dang it, Don, I don't know what the HELL you're talking about -- but it sure
*sounds* great!

Aren't "Paradigms" a kind of potato crisp (chip)?
:-)

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

Dylan Smith wrote:
Aren't "Paradigms" a kind of potato crisp (chip)?

I thought it was 20 cents

Sydney

In article Yg2Ua.139282$ye4.98549@sccrnsc01,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I'm firmly convinced that a liberal arts degree teaches one to tactically
and strategically think.

You think that a scientific degree doesn't do that as well?

More than anything else, I value my college education not for the
knowledge I gained from it, for much of that is filed away in the
archives where it's difficult to find. I value my education for the way
it taught me to use take the resources I have available to me and use
them to solve the problems before me.

--
Larry Fransson
Bachelor of Science
Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering
University of Washington, 1991

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I'm firmly convinced that a liberal arts degree teaches one to tactically
and strategically think.

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 05:41:41 GMT, Larry Fransson
wrote:

You think that a scientific degree doesn't do that as well?

Ah, but a true liberal education includes science! No education can
be considered "liberal" that does not include a strong science and
math component.

At Penn State, a candidate for a Bachelor of ARTS degree must more
science courses than quite a few Bachelor of SCIENCE candidates!

vince norris

Where I went to school, even the English Majors ended up getting Bachelor of
Science degrees. I've got a BS in management.

Bruce

"vincent p. norris" wrote in message
...
"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I'm firmly convinced that a liberal arts degree teaches one to
tactically
and strategically think.

On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 05:41:41 GMT, Larry Fransson
wrote:

You think that a scientific degree doesn't do that as well?

Ah, but a true liberal education includes science! No education can
be considered "liberal" that does not include a strong science and
math component.

At Penn State, a candidate for a Bachelor of ARTS degree must more
science courses than quite a few Bachelor of SCIENCE candidates!

vince norris

"BruceG" wrote ...
I've got a BS in management.

Isn't that kind of redundant?